CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Oct. 17 -- Governor Dennis Pineda on Thursday offered a PHP300,000 reward for the capture of a Korean national who was detained at the Pampanga Provincial Jail but managed to escape from his escorts on the way back to the facility from a court in Tarlac City.
Charlie Chua, provincial administrator, said the governor offered the reward after Lee Jinsoo, consul of the Korean Embassy, personally visited his office to appeal for the immediate capture of the Korean fugitive and the filing of appropriate charges against the prison guards who might be involved in the escape.
Earlier today, Pineda ordered the preventive suspension and filing of criminal charges against the five wardens following the escape of Park Wang Yeol ...